Students practice using vocabulary terms about the Louisiana Purchase by creating a picture dictionary, an ABC book of terms, a word sort, or a game. Each project should include people, places and terms as they relate to the Louisiana...

Fourth graders classify vocabulary words by category. Through matching and classification activities, 4th graders sort words pertaining to trees and forest habitats into appropriate categories. They discuss how vocabulary practice can...

Young readers develop their phonetic skills by using a nifty tool called a word pocket. They use the tool to help them organize individual letters that they have at their desks to spell entire words and to construct beginning and ending...

Students develop a rock word web during a large group discussion. Using the categories generated during that discussion, they sort their rock samples accordingly.

In this phonics worksheet, students investigate the sounds of short E, short O and short U vowels. Students read and compare 24 words and sort them into the correct place on the chart.

Third graders each receive an index card with a word written on it. They look for spelling patterns such as "oi." Students sort the cards according to spelling pattern, and practice spelling words with the snap, clap, slap hand motions.

In this rhyming words worksheet, learners cut out the pictures and color them. Students then sort the words into groups according to their rhyming pattern.

In this pronunciation activity, students listen to the teacher say 10 words. Students underline the stressed syllable. There are no examples.

For this ESL pronunciation worksheet, students categorize a set of words according to their vowel sounds. Sounds are given next to words that use them; words given are sorted beneath each, 14 sounds total.

In this phonics worksheet, students discover the sound of long vowel E by cutting apart 28 word cards with their corresponding picture cards. Students read the words and match the cards.

Pupils work together while they use various locomotor skills to practice beginning sounds of words and the letters of the alphabet. They walk, run, skip, gallop (or any locomotor skill that the teacher requires be used) alongside the...

In this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 15 multiple choice questions regarding the vocabulary words that are related to one another. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive categorization worksheet, students examine 12 groups of 4 words each. Students identify a title for each set of words.

In this solid figures worksheet, students read the word problems about the solid figures and find the figure that follows the rule.

In this middle school mathematics instructional activity, students use a Venn diagram to sort a group of numbers into multiples of 2 or 3, or both.  The one page instructional activity contains one problem with answer. 

What can one learn about a planet based on a small surface sample? Learners will explore artifacts from a mystery planet and see what they can determine about the planet based on the evidence in front of them. 

Students recognize the difference between insects and bugs while making connections to personal experiences. In this insect and bug lesson, students complete a pre-assessment to demonstrate prior knowledge, then gather information...

How many letters? Budding counters determine and record the number of letters in five messages trailing behind planes. The write down both the numeral and the word form; the highest number here is 19. Next, pupils fill in two blank...

Introduce your class members to propaganda techniques writers and advertisers use to influence their opinions. Each appeal is defined and illustrated with examples from current ads and political campaigns. Additional examples are...

What's more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Putting words in alphabetical order! Included are three sets of simple words and a worksheet with three lists. The class needs to sort the words by image (each set has a different image) and then...

Looking for a good presentation which addresses persuasive writing? Then, this one's for you! Learners are given all sorts of good tips on how to construct a well-written persuasive essay, or an essay where they are stating an opinion on...

Use this pre-reading exercise to help learners sort familiar objects into categories. For each of these three sets, they draw a line from the object to the category in which it belongs. There are two categories for each set. If...

People communicate in all sorts of ways. As part of a study of nonverbal communication, teams of three must complete a puzzle without speaking to one another. After debriefing the activity and analyzing the messages nonverbal cues...

Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the...